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Top in 2013, photo by prphotos
Birth Name: Scott G. Thompson
Place of Birth: Rockledge, Florida, U.S.
Date of Birth: February 25, 1965
Ethnicity: English, some German and Scottish, possibly other
Carrot Top is an American stand-up comedian, actor, director, producer, and writer.
He is the son of Dona and Lawrence Thompson, a NASA engineer. He was raised in Cocoa, Florida.
Carrot Top’s paternal grandfather was named Lawrence B. Thompson (the son of Ray E. Thompson and Julia B.). Lawrence was born in Kansas.
Carrot Top’s paternal grandmother was Magel Ione Wulfert (the daughter of Lewis Emerson Wulfert, born Fosdick, and of Eva Elizabeth Luke). Magel was born in Missouri. Lewis was the biological son of a father surnamed Fosdick, and of Ella Nanette Smith. Eva was the daughter of Charles Frederick/Friederich Luke, who was born in Detroit, Michigan, to German parents, and of Ada Ellen Catherine Holmes, who was English, born in Hammersmith, England.
Sources: Genealogy of Carrot Top (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Carrot Top’s father on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Carrot Top’s paternal grandfather, Lawrence B. Thompson, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org Lawrence B. Thompson on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Carrot Top’s father (focusing on his own mother’s side) – http://www.genealogy.com